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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kamran Yousuf in Delhi

Rare birds: how Delhi brothers’ avian ambulance service has taken wing

Two men feed pigeons on a traffic island near a flyover
After converting a motorbike to carry injured birds in 2018, the brothers’ project now has about 600 members and 1,000 supporters. Photograph: Kamran Yousuf

Low-hanging wires, heavy traffic and people who love flying kites have made Delhi a dangerous place for its wild birds. It prompted two brothers to spend the past five years rescuing the Indian capital’s sick and injured birds in an initiative that has already saved an estimated 50,000 animals.

Amit and Abhishek Jain used their own earnings to adapt a motorbike into their distinctive bird ambulance. Then, as support grew, they set up the Vidyasagar Jeev Daya Parivar Trust last year.

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